Chapter 237: Misleading the Young

Boss Cutie

He affectionately rubbed his forehead against Leng Ruoli's, feeling a tingling electric current pass between them, leaving him utterly delighted. "She should look like you—pretty, with eyes like you and the stars, a small yet straight nose like yours, full crimson lips like yours, soft to the touch when kissed."

His hoarse voice plucked at Leng Ruoli's nerves.

Leng Ruoli's ears had already turned red to the extreme. She lightly glanced around—after all, the two of them had considerable influence, so naturally people still noticed them.

Leng Ruoli nodded straight up, her face red. "Good, good, good, I'll listen to you. But can we do nothing at all right now and just focus on studying? Otherwise so many people are watching us."

Leng Ruoli's shy voice strummed at Jiang Muye's heartstrings.

Jiang Muye smiled and tightened his grip on Leng Ruoli's hand, nodding straight away. "Fine, you study hard. Anyway, I'll slowly collect my sweet rewards."

Leng Ruoli lowered her pretty little face, blushing furiously.

At this point she had no heart left for studying. Jiang Muye was sprawled by the edge of her desk, gazing at her with deep affection, occasionally lifting a finger to play with her long hair.

She glared at him with a coquettish pout.

He was completely unafraid.

He even smiled at her.

Leng Ruoli really wanted to fuss with him too.

But he smiled at her, and her good mood returned.

Leng Ruoli couldn't help but laugh out loud as well. She held up her book to hide her flushed cheeks, her heart sweet as if she'd eaten a candy.

Time flew by, and soon Saturday morning arrived.

Perhaps because it was a day of parting, by the time Xia Xiran carried her suitcase down from the women's dormitory, the sky was already a gloomy gray—an overcast day.

"You have to take care of yourself in America, and let us know you're safe when you arrive!" the Girl with Glasses said, her eyes full of reluctance.

"Exactly, we'll miss you so much." Xiao Miao was already sobbing, throwing herself into Xia Xiran's arms. Xia Xiran smiled faintly and said, "I'm still coming back, you know. Don't make it sound like I'm going to die."

Xiao Miao wiped her tears. "Pfft, you can't say stuff like that when you're about to get on a plane."

Xia Xiran forced out a smile. "Alright, I'll listen to you."

She was going to America to study—actually to scout out the situation there. The boarding apartment had already been arranged, and several good universities had been scouted. Her video interview had gone well, so getting admitted wouldn't be difficult.

Yuanyuan helped Xia Xiran push her luggage all the way to the school gate, where Xia Xiran's family driver came to pick her up. Only then did Xia Xiran wave her hand and bid her roommates farewell. "Alright, I'm leaving now. You don't need to see me off."

Amid a crowd of reluctant gazes, Xia Xiran got into the car.

Just as the car was about to start, Xia Xiran suddenly noticed a figure sitting in the passenger seat up front.

Her brows knitted tightly. "Who are you?"

The youth sitting in front turned his face toward her.

That handsome face, sharp as if carved by a knife and chisel, brought tears welling to Xia Xiran's eyes.

"I knew you'd come to see me off. You wouldn't be so heartless to me." Xia Xiran immediately threw herself into the youth's arms.

Her tears fell on the spot.

Just as Xia Xiran was pouring out all the grievances in her heart, an elegant voice spoke up. "You cry quite prettily. It's just a pity it isn't for me."

Xia Xiran's breath caught. She looked up and met a pair of eyes full of hidden meaning.

He was smiling at her, but Xia Xiran couldn't see even a trace of sincerity in it. Instead, she felt her hair stand on end.

"Yu Xi?!" Xia Xiran immediately pushed Yu Xi away and instantly ordered the driver, "Stop the car right now, make him get out!"

Yu Xi was dangerous to her, especially since she had betrayed him.

As Xia Xiran's heart pounded with fear, the driver acted as if he hadn't heard a thing, continuing to drive forward without pause.

Xia Xiran realized something was wrong and grew highly agitated. "Yu Xi, I'm leaving. What are you planning to do!"

She instinctively grabbed her phone, about to call the police, but never expected Yu Xi to lunge at her with incredible speed and snatch the phone right out of her hand.

Xia Xiran was shocked, staring at Yu Xi in disbelief.

"You think you can betray me and just walk away?" Yu Xi sneered mockingly.

"Jiang Muye forced me into it, there's nothing I could do… I'm begging you, let me go. I'm going to America now, I won't cause you any more trouble, and hurting me won't do you any good at all." Xia Xiran pleaded bitterly with Yu Xi.

But Yu Xi burst out laughing. "Who says hurting you won't do me any good? At least I can vent my anger. The thing I hate most in this life is someone betraying me."

His contemptuous expression left Xia Xiran both shocked and terrified.

With tears in her eyes, Xia Xiran timidly curled up. "Where are you taking me now?"

"Guess." Yu Xi lazily yawned. "Guess right, and maybe I'll let you die a little later."

Xia Xiran's hair stood on end. She gritted her teeth and shouted, "If you kill me, you'll go to prison too."

"Oh, you think I care?" Yu Xi glanced at Xia Xiran. "From the moment I showed up, I never prepared to get out of this unscathed."

He had come with a mission.

How could he not know what the consequences of offending Jiang Muye would be?

But from the very beginning, he'd had no choice. Living was like walking dead to him anyway, and what he was doing now was just speeding up the process.

He'd also repaid someone's kindness—who told him to owe that person?

Tears churned in Xia Xiran's eyes. "You don't have to take it out on me at all… but if you let me go, I'll repay you. How much money do you want? I'll give it to you, I'm begging you, let me go, or whatever benefit you want, I'll give it to you."

"Benefit? What benefit could you give me?" Yu Xi lifted his face, looking down at Xia Xiran coldly. "I've already been betrayed by you once."

Xia Xiran bit her lower lip, tormented.

"However, I do have a good idea that'll make you obedient." Yu Xi's lips curled up. "I heard your father had an extramarital affair, and even got his female student pregnant."

Xia Xiran's eyes went wide in an instant. "You're lying!"

"Me, lying? All the materials are in my hands." Yu Xi waved the documents. "That student's medical records are all here with me, including the details of the abortion back then. Beyond that, there are records of the hush money your dad gave her. If you don't do as I say, I'll have this student go to the reporters and expose everything."

Yu Xi smiled. "By then everyone will know—your father is a two-faced beast who preyed on his own female student while playing the lofty professor and misleading the young. Tsk tsk tsk. I wonder what your mother will think. Will she divorce him, or burn down together with your dad?"

Xia Xiran let out an aggrieved roar. "You're lying, impossible!"

"Then take a look!" Yu Xi sneered coldly and flung the documents right into Xia Xiran's face.